Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Mint Green

Mint Green is a pastel green color with HEX #98FB98. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 152, 251, 152, HSL 120, 93%, 79%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#98FB98 green cool pastel
HEX #98FB98
RGB rgb(152, 251, 152)
HSL hsl(120 93% 79%)
CMYK cmyk(39, 0, 39, 2)
Luminance 0.7794
Contrast Black 16.59:1White 1.27:1

CSS Utilities

--color-mint-green: #98FB98;
.bg-mint-green { background-color: #98FB98; }
.text-mint-green { color: #98FB98; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.7794
Black text16.59:1AA Pass
White text1.27:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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WCAG
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Harmonies
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Variants
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}
Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Mint Green Color

Mint Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and pastel visual character. Mint Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Mint Green is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Mint Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #98FB98.Mint Green CSS utilitiesUse Mint Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#98FB98 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Mint Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Mint Green.Mint Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Mint Green against black and white text.

Black text16.59:1AA Pass
White text1.27:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Pale Green#98FB98
Mint#98FF98
Light Green#90EE90
Celadon#ACE1AF
Seafoam#93E9BE

Color Harmonies

#FB98FB#FB98FB
#C9FB98#C9FB98
#98FBC9#98FBC9
#9898FB#9898FB
#FB9898#FB9898
Open full Mint Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#F0FEF0#F0FEF0
#3FF83F#3FF83F
#94FF94#94FF94
#A3EFA3#A3EFA3
White#FFFFFF
#BDFFBD#BDFFBD

Pairings

Black#000000
#FB98FB#FB98FB
#C9FB98#C9FB98
#98FBC9#98FBC9
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5